

Group 1 - In the first half of 2025, China's top 100 real estate companies showed strong investment willingness, with total land acquisition amounting to 506.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.3% [1] - Poly Developments led the land acquisition with a new value of 89.9 billion yuan, followed by Greentown China at 83.1 billion yuan and China Jinmao at 74.9 billion yuan [1] - The land acquisition intensity of real estate companies is positively correlated with their sales performance, with the top four companies exceeding 100 billion yuan in sales [1] Group 2 - The land acquisition by the top 100 real estate companies is primarily concentrated in core cities such as Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Chengdu, where premium land parcels are often sold at high premiums [2] - The average premium rate for residential land sales across 300 cities in China increased by over 20% year-on-year, with an average premium rate exceeding 10% [2] - In the first half of 2025, 47.8% of sales performance from 20 representative companies came from second-tier cities, a decrease of 6.8 percentage points year-on-year, while first-tier cities' contribution increased by 9 percentage points to 40% [2]